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Blue Bird

Copic Markers, Our Daily Bread, Sewing/Stitching, Techniques 7 Responses »

Jun 152008

Good morning! I hope you’ve had a good weekend so far. I had a great day yesterday. Kate has the pups for the weekend, even though she will be bringing them back home sometime this morning, which gave me a little break. I was able to get into the stamp room and organize a bit (I do have a house guest coming in) and then work on some upcoming projects I need to get done. Hopefully, I’ll be able to get a bit ahead before I leave Orlando.

One of the projects I worked on yesterday, was for Our Daily Bread Designs. The release of the two new sets, Sing to the Lord and Fishers of Men, is today. I have to say once again how much I love these images! Not only are they beautiful, but the detail is absolutely amazing. They are such a joy to color!

I have made one more sample for you today, using Sing to the Lord. This time I made the blue bird I had originally thought of when I first saw this set.

The image was colored with Copic Markers, masked and the background was then airbrushed. I used the paper tole technique for the blossoms on the tree to add some dimension to the image.

The edges of the background paper were sponged, and then sewn to the layer of pink. The image panel is raised on mounting tape.

Stamps: Sing to the Lord by Our Daily Bread Designs
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; BasicGrey Blush; Prism Iced Pink; SU Basic Gray
Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black, Adirondack Pitch Black and Tim Holtz Weathered Wood Distress Ink
Accessories: Copic Markers and Airbrush System; Sewing Machine; Ribbon; Mounting Tape

Have a great day and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Sherry

It's Friday - WOO HOO!

Challenges, Copic Markers, Our Daily Bread 13 Responses »

Jun 132008

Good Friday morning! This week has flown by so fast. It’s hard for me to imagine that Jeanne will be here in less than a week and the road trip begins – . For those of you curious, Jeanne and I are leaving here and driving to pick up Broni, and then we are heading to visit Kittie and Candy while attending Stampfest Orlando. As I was mapping out the trip today, I did find a few stops I would love to make, and they just happen to be on the way. Will we be blogging? But of course!

I have one more preview for you today of a new set being released by Our Daily Bread Designs on June 15th. This one uses the new set, Fishers of Men. I truly cannot get over these images – so detailed and absolutely gorgeous! When I received this set in the mail, I also received some Prism paper for the Prism Color Challenge, which I used today. I’ve also made this card for the Limited Supply Challenge on Splitcoaststampers today. It’s all about knots — using knots on your card. So, isn’t a tied bow a knot? I think so!

I colored the image with Copic Markers, masked it, and then airbrushed the background with a pale yellow and blue marker. (Don’t ask numbers, I absolutely don’t remember.) The edges of all the background papers and the image were sponged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

Stamps: Fishers of Men by Our Daily Bread Designs
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; BasicGrey Archaic; Prism Suede Brown Light, Medium and Dark, Mystic Light, Medium and Dark, Sage Light
Ink: Tsukineko Brilliance Graphite Black; Ranger Archival Jet Black and Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Accessories: Copic Markers and Airbrush System; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Brads; Ribbon; Mounting Tape

I hope everyone has a great day! I think I need to do some household chores and maybe stamp a little!

Sherry

Shhhh - It's Been a Secret

Copic Markers, Our Daily Bread, Sewing/Stitching, Spellbinders, Techniques 20 Responses »

Jun 122008

Good morning all! Yesterday I told you had a surprise for you today. Back last October, I met Kelley Holland (a/k/a kellrick on SCS) at a Splitcoaststampers Stampin’ and Pamperin’ Retreat in Cincinnati. We have emailed back and forth a little now and then, her asking questions mostly and me hopefully answering. I had the great fortune of running into Kelley again while I was working the Rubbernecker Booth at the Akron Stamp Show. She came to the booth to see me and to chat awhile. Now here’s the funny part. Just a few days before leaving for Akron, I was cruising the net, clicking on SCS Banners, and ran across Our Daily Bread Designs. I was very impressed with the images, actually I loved them, but couldn’t quite see myself using the sentiments. Not that I’m not spiritual, but they just weren’t something I could see myself using. If ya know what I mean – Her Royal Badness (the twisted and demented stamper) using religious sentiments. In the course of my conversation with Kelley she was telling me she had started a new stamp company, and wanted to know if I could possibly design some things for her. What I didn’t know, was that her new company was Our Daily Bread Designs. Well my mouth just dropped – I was so excited. The images that I were so impressed with, were Kelley’s. Of course I told her I would be more than happy to be a Guest Designer for her. So here I am, Her Royal Badness using religious images and sentiments! Just goes to show you that you never know what can happen.

My first card for Kelley was actually the one I posted a few weeks back, In the Garden. Only you didn’t know that I was going to be a Guest Designer for her. With the upcoming release on June 15th of two new sets, I get to officially tell you now! WOO HOO!

Here’s my first official card for Our Daily Bread Designs, using the new set Sing to the Lord.

When I saw this image of the bird, the first thing that came to mind was a blue bird. But then I thought that was really rather obvious, and decided to do some research on different birds. What I found was a house finch that somewhat resembled the bird in the image – well at least I thought it did. It has the same beak. So, I colored the image with Copic Markers and then cut it out using one of the larger oval Nestabilities. Once I had the image cut out and embossed, I left the Nestability on, masked the bird and branch, and colored the background with the Copic Airbrush System. To keep the colors for the card muted, I picked a piece of BasicGrey Periphery for the background, distressed the edges and then sewed it to a piece of brown cardstock. I couldn’t bear to cover that beautiful piece of background paper, so no other layers. I wanted it simple, and settled on a piece of blue ribbon as an accent. What I love about this, is that the bird in the oval appears to be looking at the bird in the BasicGrey paper.

Stamps: Sing to the Lord by Our Daily Bread Designs
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; Prism Birchtone Medium and Dark; BasicGrey Periphery
Ink: Ranger Adirondack Pitch Black
Accessories: Copic Markers and Airbrush System; Tonic Tim Holtz Distress Tool; Spellbinders Oval Nestabilities; Mounting Tape; Ribbon; Brads

Here’s hoping you have a great day, and I’ll be back with some more stamping for you!

Sherry

Blog Candy Winner

Rubbernecker 1 Response »

Jun 112008

Yep, we have a winner! I went to Random.org and ran the sequence generator, and the winner is

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Timestamp: 2008-06-11 19:13:12 UTC

POST NO. 14

Holly Powers |

Really great card. Love it! Paint, hmm, do paint pens count?

CONGRATULATIONS Holly! You are the winner of the $10 Rubbernecker Gift Certificate. I have sent you an email, however if you see this post and not the email, please let me know. Happy shopping!

Wildflowers

Challenges, Lizzie Anne Designs, Misting with Markers, Techniques 5 Responses »

Jun 112008

Well good afternoon! Hope everyone is having a good day so far. I’ve been quite busy myself, catching up on emails, phone calls, puppy watch, etc., and I still have tons more to do. It has felt good to get back in the stamp room after having five days off. Sometimes I think I need that refresher period. The only problem right now, is that I have so many projects that have time frames, and I’m just a tad behind at the moment. I need to catch up on what I can before the 19th. That’s when Jeanne flies in, we do the Epilepsy Walk (which, I am still taking donations for), and then we head out on our little road trip.

Last night I was able to get to the Splitcoaststampers Color Challenge, using Real Red, So Saffron and Regal Rose.

I decided that I wanted to do a little color wash for this card, and applied a very light wash to a piece of watercolor paper. For the image, I colored the stamp with Real Red and Old Olive markers, misted with water and stamped on the still damp watercolor paper. I then colored in the open areas of the flower with Regal Rose marker. The edges of the image were sponged with So Saffron. For the background, I applied So Saffron reinker to a piece of Cut-n-Dry Felt and stamped over the So Saffron cardstock. For more dimension, the swirls were then stamped in Adirondack Snow Cap.

Stamps: In the Meadow and In the Background from Lizzie Anne Designs
Paper: SU Real Red and So Saffron; Canson Watercolor Paper; BasicGrey Cupcake
Ink: SU Real Red, So Saffron, Regal Rose and Old Olive; Ranger Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink, Archival Jet Black and Adirondack Snow Cap Pigment
Accessories: Ranger Cut-n-Dry Felt Stamp Pad; Tsukineko Sponge Dabber; Ribbon; Mounting Tape

While I had these stamps out, I went ahead and did today’s Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge with them today.

I used the same swirls for this card, and stamped them in Snow Cap on the pink background panel, and then sponged the edges of all the background papers with Antique Linen Distress Ink. The only other stamping on this card, is that on the fragment.

I glued the fragment to a piece of the background paper, but it out, and then stamped the flowers in brown and the sentiment in black. The fragment is then raised on mounting tape.

Stamps: In the Meadow and In the Background from Lizzie Anne Designs
Paper: Prism Iced Pink; BasicGrey Sultry; SU Chocolate Chip
Ink: Ranger Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink, Archival Jet Black and Adirondack Snow Cap Pigment; Tsukineko Stazon Timber Brown;
Accessories: Tim Holtz idea-ology Fragment; Ranger Glossy Accents; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Mounting Tape; Ribbon

Well, I guess that’s about all for today. However, I do have a surprise up my sleeve for you tomorrow – one I can hardly believe myself! You won’t want to miss this one. So until then, here’s hoping you have a great day!